Profile

Languages
Hebrew
Education & Training
  BScHebrew University Hadassah Med-Israel1985
  MScHebrew University Hadassah Med-Israel1987
  PhDTechnion-Israel Inst of Tech1993
FellowshipChildrens Hospital Of Boston1997
Research Interests
aging , biotechnology , cell growth, differentiation,d , critical/intensive care medici , diabetes , drugs/therapeutic agents pharm , engineering/bioengineering , model development , radiology/imaging , surgery/trauma/burns/trauma , transplantation
Recent Publications
Wang Z, Schuch G, Williams JK, Soker S. Peripheral blood stem cells. In: Atala A, Lanza R, Thomson JA, Nerem R, eds. Principles of regenerative medicine. 2nd ed. San Diego (CA): Academic Press; 2011: 383-401.


Delo DM, Guan X, Wang Z, Groban L, Callahan M, Smith T, Sane DC, Payne RM, Atala A, Soker S. Calcification after myocardial infarction is independent of amniotic fluid stem cell injection. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2011; 20(2):e69-e78.


Baptista PM, Siddiqui MM, Lozier G, Rodriguez SR, Atala A, Soker S. The use of whole organ decellularization for the generation of a vascularized liver organoid. Hepatology. 2011; 53(2):604-617.


Guan X, Delo DM, Atala A, Soker S. In vitro cardiomyogenic potential of human amniotic fluid stem cells. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2011; 5(3):220-228.


Neff LP, Tillman BW, Yazdani SK, Machingal MA, Yoo JJ, Soker S, Bernish BW, Geary RL, Christ GJ. Vascular smooth muscle enhances functionality of tissue-engineered blood vessels in vivo. J Vasc Surg. 2011; 53(2):426-434.


Raya-Rivera A, Esquiliano DR, Yoo JJ, Lopez-Bayghen E, Soker S, Atala A. Tissue-engineered autologous urethras for patients who need reconstruction: an observational study. Lancet. 2011; 377(9772):1175-1182.


Soler R, Vianello A, Fullhase C, Wang Z, Atala A, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Williams JK. Vascular therapy for radiation cystitis. Neurourol Urodyn. 2011; 30(3):428-434.


Orlando G, Baptista P, Birchall M, De Coppi P, Farney A, Opara E, Rogers J, Stratta RJ, Atala A, Soker S, et al. Regenerative medicine as applied to solid organ transplantation: current status and future challenges. Transpl Int. 2011; 24(3):223-232.


Orlando G, Wood KJ, Stratta RJ, Yoo JJ, Atala A, Soker S. Regenerative medicine and organ transplantation: past, present, and future. Transplantation. 2011; 91(12):1310-1317.


Lang R, Stern MM, Smith L, Bharadwaj S, Baptista PM, Bergman CR, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A, Zhang Y, et al. Three-dimensional culture of hepatocytes on porcine liver tissue-derived extracellular matrix. Biomaterials. 2011; 32(29):7042-7052.


Orlando G, Wood KJ, Soker S, Stratta RJ. How regenerative medicine may contribute to the achievement of an immunosuppression-free state [letter]. Transplantation. 2011; 92(8):e36-e38.


Bernish BW, Ma X, Wang Z, Machingal M, Soker S, Geary RL. Adipose-derived stem cells versus artery explants as sources of autologous smooth muscle for blood vessel bioengineering [abstract]. J Vasc Surg. 2011; 54(6):1862-1863.


De Coppi P, Soker S, Atala A. Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid and placenta. In: Atala A, Lanza R, Thomson JA, Nerem RM, eds. Foundations of regenerative medicine: clinical and therapeutic applications. Boston (MA): Academic Press/Elsevier; 2010: 154-165.


Yazdani SK, Tillman BW, Berry JL, Soker S, Geary RL. The fate of an endothelium layer after preconditioning. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 51(1):174-183.




Choi JS, Williams JK, Greven M, Walter KA, Laber PW, Khang G, Soker S. Bioengineering endothelialized neo-corneas using donor-derived corneal endothelial cells and decellularized corneal stroma. Biomaterials. 2010; 31(26):6738-6745.


Hipp JA, Hipp JD, Atala A, Soker S. Functional genomics: new insights into the 'function' of low levels of gene expression in stem cells. Curr Genomics. 2010; 11(5):354-358.


Neff LP, Tillman B, Yazadani S, Machinga M, Yoo J, Soker S, Bernishi B, Geary R, Christ G. Vascular smooth muscle enhances functionality of tissue engineered blood vessels in vivo [abstract]. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 51(Suppl):4S.


Hipp JA, Hipp JD, Atala A, Soker S. Ethanol alters the osteogenic differentiation of amniotic fluid-derived stem cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010; 34(10):1714-1722.


Orlando G, Hematti P, Stratta RJ, Burke GW III, Di Cocco P, Pisani F, Soker S, Wood K. Clinical operational tolerance after renal transplantation: current status and future challenges. Ann Surg. 2010; 252(6):915-928.


Baptista PM, Wang Z, Atala A, Soker S. The use of whole organ decellularization for the bioengineering of a human vascularized liver [abstract]. Hepatology. 2010; 52(4 Suppl):325A.


Eberli D, Soker S, Atala A, Yoo JJ. Optimization of human skeletal muscle precursor cell culture and myofiber formation in vitro. Methods. 2009; 47(2):98-103.


Stern MM, Myers RL, Hammam N, Stern KA, Eberli D, Kritchevsky SB, Soker S, Van Dyke M. The influence of extracellular matrix derived from skeletal muscle tissue on the proliferation and differentiation of myogenic progenitor cells ex vivo. Biomaterials. 2009; 30(12):2393-2399.


Koh CJ, Delo DM, Lee JW, Siddiqui MM, Lanza RP, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Parthenogenesis-derived multipotent stem cells adapted for tissue engineering applications. Methods. 2009; 47(2):90-97.


Orlando G, Soker S, Wood K. Operational tolerance after liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2009; 50(6):1247-1257.


Atala A, Yoo J, Lim G, Czerw R, Soker S, Stitzel J, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Cell scaffold matrices with incorporated therapeutic agents. United States patent US 7,531,503. 2009 May 12. 2009; ():.


Orlando G, Mirmalek-Sani S-H, Baptista PM, Zhang Y, Atala A, Soker S. A rapid decellularization technique for organ storage and recellularization [abstract]. Transpl Int. 2009; 22(Suppl 2):253.


Baptista PM, Orlando G, Mirmalek-Sani S-H, Siddiqui M, Atala A, Soker S. Whole organ decellularization-- a tool for bioscaffold fabrication and organ bioengineering. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009; 1():6526-6529.


Ribeiro M, Baptista P, Soker S, Atala A. Dilution rate optimization on the perfusion cell seeding on a decellularized liver bioscaffold [abstract]. N Biotechnol. 2009; 25(Suppl 1):S25.


Williams JK, Baptista PM, Daunais JB, Szeliga KT, Friedman DP, Soker S. The effects of ethanol consumption on vasculogenesis potential in nonhuman primates. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008; 32(1):155-161.


Bartsch G Jr, Eggert K, Soker S, Bokemeyer C, Hautmann R, Schuch G. Combined antiangiogenic therapy is superior to single inhibitors in a model of renal cell carcinoma. J Urol. 2008; 179(1):326-332.


De Coppi P, Soker S, Atala A. Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid and placenta. In: Atala A, Lanza R, Thomson JA, Nerem RM, eds. Principles of regenerative medicine. Boston (MA): Academic Press; 2008: 226-237.


Soker S, Schuch G, Williams JK. Peripheral blood stem cells. In: Atala A, Lanza R, Thomson JA, Nerem RM, eds. Principles of regenerative medicine. Boston (MA): Academic Press; 2008: 438-455.


Eberli D, Yoo J, Soker S, Atala A. Muscle progenitor cells for the restoration of irreversibly damaged sphincter function [abstract]. Eur Urol. 2008; 7(3 Suppl):317.


Lee SJ, Oh SH, Liu J, Soker S, Atala A, Yoo JJ. The use of thermal treatments to enhance the mechanical properties of electrospun poly (epsilon-caprolactone) scaffolds. Biomaterials. 2008; 29(10):1422-1430.


Barclay WW, Axanova LS, Chen W, Romero L, Maund SL, Soker S, Lees CJ, Cramer SD. Characterization of adult prostatic progenitor/stem cells exhibiting self-renewal and multilineage differentiation. Stem Cells. 2008; 26(3):600-610.


Lee SJ, Liu J, Oh SH, Soker S, Atala A, Yoo JJ. Development of a composite vascular scaffolding system that withstands physiological vascular conditions. Biomaterials. 2008; 29(19):2891-2898.


Baptista PM, Nguyen V, Atala A, Soker S. Generation of a bioartificial liver using a decellularized whole liver bioscaffold [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):738.


Connolly SS, Yoo JJ, Abouheba M, Soker S, McDougal WS, Atala A. Cavernous nerve regeneration using acellular nerve grafts. World J Urol. 2008; 26(4):333-339.


Delo DM, Wang Z, Shaffer R, Guan X, Neshat S, Smith T, Callahan M, Groban L, Atala A, Soker S. Effects of human amniotic fluid derived stem cells on cardiac function after myocardial infarction [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):844.


Delo DM, Olson J, Baptista P, Zhu JM, Atala A, Soker S. Non invasive longitudinal tracking of human amniotic fluid stem cells in the mouse heart [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):887.


Komura M, Nomi M, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Functional reconstruction of engineered digits [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):855.


Lee DJ, Tsangaris S, Baptista P, Jarajapu Y, Kincaid E, Kon N, Berry J, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Circulating progenitor cells obtained from valvular disease patients: potential applications for engineering heart valves [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):824.


Zhang YY, McNeill E, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A. A novel cell source for urologic tissue reconstruction [abstract]. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008; 14(5):697.


Saban MR, Backer JM, Backer MV, Maier J, Fowler B, Davis CA, Simpson C, Wu XR, Birder L, Soker S, et al. VEGF receptors and neuropilins are expressed in the urothelial and neuronal cells in normal mouse urinary bladder and are upregulated in inflammation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2008; 295(1):F60-F72.


Zhang Y, McNeill E, Tian H, Soker S, Andersson K-E, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Urine derived cells are a potential source for urological tissue reconstruction. J Urol. 2008; 180(5):2226-2233.


Delo DM, Eberli D, Williams JK, Andersson K-E, Atala A, Soker S. Angiogenic gene modification of skeletal muscle cells to compensate for ageing-induced decline in bioengineered functional muscle tissue. BJU Int. 2008; 102(7):878-884.


Delo DM, Olson J, Baptista PM, D'Agostino RB Jr, Atala A, Zhu J-M, Soker S. Non-invasive longitudinal tracking of human amniotic fluid stem cells in the mouse heart. Stem Cells. 2008; 17(6):1185-1194.


De Coppi P, Bartsch G Jr, Siddiqui MM, Xu T, Santos CC, Perin L, Yoo JJ, Furth ME, Soker S, Atala A, et al. Isolation of amniotic stem cell lines with potential for therapy. Nat Biotechnol. 2007; 25(1):100-106.


Myers RL, Carnagey KM, Soker S, Van Dyke M, Kritchevsky S. Impact of age on characteristics of muscle progenitor cells and adipose derived stem cells [abstract]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007; 55(4 Suppl):S66.


Baptista P, Siddiqqui M, Atala A, Soker S. A novel whole organ bioscaffold for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications [abstract]. FASEB J. 2007; 21(6):A1233.


Delo D, Neshat S, Christ G, Groban L, Olson J, Zhu J-M, Atala A, Soker S. Amniotic fluid derived stem cells for cardiac therapeutics [abstract]. FASEB J. 2007; 21(5):A229.


Lee DJ, Tsangaris S, Baptista P, Jarajapu YPR, Kincaid E, Kon N, Berry J, Soker S, Yoo J, Atala A. Engineering of heart valves using circulating progenitor cells from patients with valvular disease--a feasibility study [abstract]. FASEB J. 2007; 21(6):A975.


Van Dyke M, Oberpenning F, Meng J, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Total organ replacement using tissue engineering [abstract]. FASEB J. 2007; 21(5):A140.


Soker S, Cakmak S, Olmez G, Buyukbayram H, Nergiz Y. Investigation of the toxic effects of ropivacaine corneal endothelium by the impression cytological method. Saudi Med J. 2007; 28(7):1018-1020.


Baptista PM, Atala A, Soker S. Liver tissue engineering using an acellular whole organ bioscaffold with perfusion cell seeding [abstract]. Tissue Eng. 2007; 13(7):1721.


Dawn D, Olson J, Atala A, Zhu JM, Soker S. Mouse cardiac MR imaging of magnetically labeled human amniotic fluid stem cells for longitudinal cell graft monitoring [abstract]. Tissue Eng. 2007; 13(7):1731.


Eberli D, Yoo J, Soker S, Atala A. Muscle progenitor cells for the restoration of irreversibly damaged sphincter function: a pre-clinical study [abstract]. Tissue Eng. 2007; 13(7):1732-1733.


Santos C, Klorig D, Chun SY, Atala A, Soker S. Human amniotic fluid-derived stem cells: a novel source of dopaminergic neurons? [abstract]. Tissue Eng. 2007; 13(7):1705.


Eberli D, Tillman B, Yoo J, Soker S, Atala A. Muscle progenitor cells for the restoration of irreversibly damaged sphincter function: a preclinical study. J Am Coll Surg. 2007; 205(3 Suppl):S106.


Hipp J, Tillman B, Hipp J, Hodges S, Atala A, Soker S. Transcriptional profiling of human amniotic fluid derived stem cells and their multilineage differentiation [abstract]. J Am Coll Surg. 2007; 205(3 Suppl):S65.


Bartsch G Jr, Eggert K, Soker S, Fiedler W, Laack E, Volkmer BG, Gschwend J, Bokemeyer C, Hautmann R, Schuch G. Development of anti angiogenesis combination therapy for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma [German]. Urologe. 2007; 46(9):1289-1290.


Amiel GE, Komura M, Shapira O, Yoo JJ, Yazdani S, Berry J, Kaushal S, Bischoff J, Atala A, Soker S. Engineering of blood vessels from acellular collagen matrices coated with human endothelial cells. Tissue Eng. 2006; 12(8):2355-2365.


Neshat-Vahid S, Delo D, Milanesi A, Christ G, Atala A, Soker S. Amniotic fluid derived stem cells for cardiac therapeutics [abstract]. Eur Heart J. 2006; 27(Suppl 1):19-20.


Yu Y, Fuhr J, Boye E, Gyorffy S, Soker S, Atala A, Mulliken JB, Bischoff J. Mesenchymal stem cells and adipogenesis in hemangioma involution. Stem Cells. 2006; 24(6):1605-1612.
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